I don't have any hot takes about it but it does seem a little strange that if this is the first case where a SLAPP finding was made it was in a case where a litigant in person brought hopeless proceedings against very well resourced defendants.

March 12, 2026 - 18:57 UTC

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It seems to me that if this is going to be a useful tool, the test will be when a well resourced Claimant brings an arguable-but-weak case against a litigant-in-person.
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(I accept the Claimant was a barrister so might normally be considered to have some sort of ability to prosecute his own case effectively but that doesn't seem to be objectively what happened here!)
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